A cool picture of Eyjafjallajökull Volcano in Iceland capturing the lightening and the smoke in this stunning photograph.

A cool picture of Eyjafjallajökull Volcano in Iceland capturing the lightening and the smoke in this stunning photograph. 

Photograph by Sigurdur Hrafn Stefnisson

Lightning veins the Eyjafjallajökull volcano's ash plume, which roiled air travel this spring. Such "dirty thunderstorms" may occur when rock and ice particles loosed by exploding magma collide in the atmosphere.

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